/*
 * Copyright 2007-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 *
 * This file is part of Project Darkstar Server.
 *
 * Project Darkstar Server is free software: you can redistribute it
 * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation and
 * distributed hereunder to you.
 *
 * Project Darkstar Server is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */

package com.sun.sgs.profile;


/**
 * A registration interface where profile producers register
 * and get {@code ProfileConsumer}s used to consume profiling data.
 */
public interface ProfileRegistrar {

    /**
     * Registers the given unique name as a profile producer.
     *
     * @param name the unique name of the profile producer
     *
     * @return a {@code ProfileConsumer} that will consume profiling
     *         data from the provided named producer
     */
    ProfileConsumer registerProfileProducer(String name);

}
